This annotated guide includes links to Web sites that are particularly useful information sources
for business research, business trends and career exploration.
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Finding
Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
If you have done little Internet searching, try this excellent tutorial from the University of
California, Berkeley. It covers basic to advanced search techniques.
Linked to this page are explanations of the different types of search tools:
- Search.com
http://www.search.com/
Convenient service provides access to the major Web search tools and specialized ones such as
Stockquotes, Find software and Yellow Pages. If you are unfamiliar with Internet
offerings, try browsing the list of specialty searches.
- MetaCrawler
http://www.metacrawler.com/
Searches several of the large web indexes and search engines simultaneously. Gives annotations
and gets rid of duplication. Since no one search engine covers the same territory, this can be a
timesaver for some searches.
- Livelink Pinstripe
http://pinstripe.opentext.com
This is an example of a business-specific search engine.
- Evaluating Web
Resources
http://www.science.widener.edu/~withers/webeval.htm
See Widener University Library's useful Web evaluation checklists for:
- Business/Marketing Web Pages
- News Web Pages
- Personal Home Pages
Click here for more
web site
evaluation criteria.
- The Scout Report
for Business and Economics
http://www.scout.cs.wisc.edu
Located at the Computer Science Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madision, and
sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the biweekly Scout Report helps to keep you
aware of the best new Internet resources in business and economics. Sites are arranged in
thematic areas of research, learning, and general interest. See the Business & Economics Current
Awareness Metapage.
- Tile.Net/Listservs
http://www.tile.net/tile/listserv/index.html
Guide to Internet discussion groups allows users to browse by group name, subject, description,
host country, or sponsoring organization or to search for keywords to locate relevant groups.
Information on how to subscribe is also provided.
- Marr and Kirkwood Official Guide to Business School
Webs
http://www.bschool.com/
Links to over 600 business school web sites and reviews (rates) over 150 of them.
- University of Pennsylvania's Business Web Sites
http://www.library.upenn.edu/resources/subject/business/subj-business.html?business
From the well known University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, this guide includes sites
categorized by business topics such as: Marketing and Advertising, Management,
Entrepreneurship and Small Business, and more.
- Business Researcher's Interests
http://www.brint.com/interest.html
Founded by Yogesh Malhotra, this is a site for researchers. Includes eighteen sections on
business and technology, Knowledge management, e-commerce, etc. Highly praised by
Business Week, WSJ, Fortune, etc.
- Wall Street Research Net
http://www.wsrn.com
Advertised as "the most comprehensive resource for investors on the web." MBA students will
find the Research a Company and Research Reports sections particularly useful.
Includes links to over 2,000 company home pages.
- FINWeb
http://www.finweb.com/
Annotated guide to substantive Internet financial resources, including electronic journals, working
paper archives, and data sources.
- WWW Virtual Library:
Finance and Investments
http://www.cob.ohio-state.edu/dept/fin/overview.htm
Comprehensive resource from Ohio State University provides access to banking, money, stock
market, finance, accounting, real estate, investments, insurance sites, online texts and cases, and
the Financial Data Finder.
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Resources for Economists on the Internet
http://econwpa.wustl.edu/EconFAQ/sc.html
This Scout Select site is a "must bookmark" for economics research. Bill Goffe, University of
Southern Mississippi, has selected, annotated, and updated the list for the past four years.
It is divided into over 30 topical sections including U.S. and world data, working papers, online
journals, extensive general and specific mailing lists, and much more.
It includes a search engine since the resources are vast.
- MSU-CIBER
http://ciber.bus.msu.edu/busres.htm
The Michigan State University Center for International Business Education and Research has
compiled an excellent annotated index of regional and country specific sites, international
news/periodicals, mailing lists, and more..
- Economic Statistics Briefing
Room
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
Whitehouse web site offers convenient access to current economic indicators from a variety of
federal agencies; topics include output, income, employment, earnings, production and business
activity, prices, money, credit, securities market, transportation, and international trade. A similar
Social Statistics Briefing Room is also available.
- FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Provides quick and easy access to statistical data produced by more than 70 federal agencies.
If you're searching for subject-specific data rather than general topics go to FedStats first, instead
of the "Census Bureau."
- Financial Data Finder (Ohio State
University)
http://www.inc.com/finance/objects/126.html
A detailed annotated guide to current and historical financial data sets and data providers on the
net.
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The Fortune 500
http://www.pathfinder.com/fortune/fortune500/
Get "company snapshots," including 30-day stock graphs and basic data, for any Fortune 500
company.
- Hoover's Online
http://www.hoovers.com/
Provides "Company Capsules" for more than 12,000 public and private companies. Capsules
include directory information, links to the company website, stock quotes, current news story
headlines, and SEC filings.
The "Industry Zone" section gives
good beginning information and links to prominent trade associations related to your selected
industry.
Hoover's subscribers can get "In-depth
Company Profiles" including company strategy, history and detailed financials.
The "StockScreener" allows you to
search for stocks using up to 20 performance criteria.
- Social Science Data on the Net
http://odwin.ucsd.edu/jj/idata/
This excellent site at the University of California, San Diego links to more than 800 Internet sites
of numeric social science data. It includes data sets, searchable catalogs, data libraries, gateways,
and vendors.
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